Hip hop Edit
Swayze's name has become a commonly used term in hip hop songs.[53] Lyrics will use the phrase "...and I'm Swayze," meaning that the speaker has become "like a ghost", meaning he disappeared or is otherwise gone. This is a reference to the title character of Swayze's film Ghost (1990). It begun in the early 1990s, by rappers such as EPMD, Black Sheep, CL Smooth. Its use continued into the mid-nineties and the 2000s with use by such rappers as The Notorious B.I.G. in 2Pac's song "Runnin' (Dying to Live)", Method Man, Aesop Rock, Mistah F.A.B.'s "Ghost Ride It", and in Bad Meets Evil's "Fast Lane".
The expression has become such a hip hop staple that it was even used in the Saturday Night Live hip hop parody "Lazy Sunday".
Rapper Doe B has a song titled "Patrick Swayze".
UK So Solid Crew band members Oxide and Neutrino, Romeo, Megaman, and Lisa Mafia mention his dancing in their song "No Good 4 Me" ("Dirty Dancing, Patrick Swayze").
Television Edit
The seventh season of Trailer Park Boys had an overarching plot line of a drug smuggling operation that involves a model train engine that supposedly belonged to Swayze, named "The Swayzie Express". Swayze was not actually involved with the production in any way, and there were disclaimers to this effect before every episode of the season.
"Family Guy" spoofed the relationship Swayze had with his female co-star in "Dirty Dancing" in the season six episode "Padre de Familia."
Mystery Science Theater 3000 had a sketch in which the robot Crowe is inspired by his favorite film, Road House and writes a new Christmas carol called "A Patrick Swayze Christmas." The song describes a violent action sequence that the other characters are initially shocked to find in a carol.
